Building UML class diagram maintainability prediction models based on early metrics

Proceedings - International Software Metrics Symposium

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 263-275

  Genero, M ^a   Piattini, M ^a   Manso, E ^b   Cantone, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer science; Object oriented modeling; Phase measurement; Predictive models; Programming; Size measurement; Software design; Software measurement; Software quality; Unified modeling language

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); MAINTAINABILITY; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MODELING LANGUAGES; PHASE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

OBJECT ORIENTED MODEL; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SIZE MEASUREMENTS; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84943192478     PISSN: 15301435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/METRIC.2003.1232473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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